Given name
Siân
“God is gracious”
Siân is a form of Jane. In Hebrew use, Jane carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Siân is a form of Jane. In Hebrew use, Jane carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Siân is a form of Jane. The history of Jane gives this family its wider story. Lady Jane Grey is one of the name’s historical bearers. In fiction, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre gave it a lasting nineteenth-century association; the novel appeared in 1847.
Explained through its name family
Siân’s family of names
Siân has an affectionate form in Siani. Siân shares a linguistic root with Jane. In Welsh usage, Siân has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jeanne.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Siân has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Janecognate · English
- Ivannaequivalent
- Giovannaequivalent
- Jeanequivalent
- Ivanaequivalent
- Juanaequivalent
- Janaequivalent
- Ivankaequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Siân
- Siân PhillipsBritish Actressborn 1933
- Siân BrookeBritish actressborn 1980
- Siân BerryBritish politician (born 1974)
- Siân Evanslibrarian and activist from the United States
- Siân JamesBritish politician (born 1959)
- Siân GriggWelsh make-up artistborn 1969
- Siân Melangell DafyddWelsh poetborn 1977
- Sian GibsonBritish comedian and actressborn 1976
- Siân GwenllianWelsh politician and AM (born 1956)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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